Ceylon
Lot 2278 SESSION 8 (2.30pm Wednesday) Ceylon
Estimate $20,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $31,000
CEYLON, George III, pattern two rix dollars, 1812, in silver by Thomas Wyon Junior (Pr.252; KM Pr4; illustrated Forrer VI, 645). Attractive dark blue grey tone, brilliant FDC and excessively rare, one of the greatest of British Colonial rarities.
Ex R. J. Ford Collection (lot 242) and almost certainly ex Cholmley Sale, Sotheby 1902 (lot 392), Murdoch (lot 267) and Nobleman (lot 158).
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CEYLON, local coinages, 1801-16, copper 1/48 rix dollar, 1803 (9.3g) (Pr.69; KM.63). Reverse slightly off ...
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Lot 2278 This lot
CEYLON, George III, pattern two rix dollars, 1812, in silver by Thomas Wyon Junior (Pr.252; ...
Estimate $20,000
Lot 2279
CEYLON, George III, pattern rix dollar, 1812, in silver by Thomas Wyon Junior (Pr.254; KM.Pr3; ...
Estimate $12,000
Lot 2280
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Estimate $4,000